You’re Not Built to Hold the Wealth You Want

On April 9th, I told Moonshot Minute subscribers to buy Bitcoin. It was trading at around $77,000.

Today, it’s currently trading at $103,000. A 33% gain.

That day, I also gave Premium Subscribers five new recommendations that, as of today are up 9%, 7.5%, 14.4%, 18.5%, and 23.5% respectively.

Anyone who listened and held would have more than enough to pay for Moonshot Minute Premium for life.

But…

There’s a moment in every wealth story where the world whispers one thing:

"Sell. Now."

It doesn’t care how smart you are. It doesn’t care how good the idea is or how good the recommendation is.

It doesn’t care how high your conviction was when you entered the trade, made the investment, or started the business.

It just keeps turning up the heat.

And most people—brilliant, ambitious, driven people—crack.

Not because they were wrong.

But because they weren’t ready.

They didn’t have the structure that protects long-term conviction from short-term chaos.

And so, they let go.

They abandon their best ideas… not because they failed, but because they couldn’t hold.

They didn’t sell because of logic. They sold because of pressure.

And when pressure overwhelms preparation, even the best ideas become casualties.

The Truth Nobody Tells You About Conviction

I began buying Bitcoin when it was around $600.

Not because it was popular.

Not because it was safe.

But because I had conviction.

And I held.

Through massive drawdowns, media hit jobs, and crashes that would make most investors vomit.

Look at some of the swings I had to deal with:

• After I started buying around $600, Bitcoin dropped below $200. My initial investment was down almost 70%. Frankly, I was embarrassed to tell anyone I had lost so much money on “magic Internet money”. Most people would have panicked right there. They would’ve sold at a loss, moved on, and told themselves they were smart for “cutting risk.”

• Later, bitcoin dropped 87% from $20,000 to $3,000. People who got in late exited with their hands shaking. And for someone like me who bought much earlier, the constant thought of “you’re way up, just sell now!”

• Then again from $64,000 to under $17,000. That drawdown wiped out billions.

• And in between those crashes, it’s fallen 30%, 40%, 50% even 80% sometimes in a matter of days and weeks.

These weren’t just corrections. This is psychological warfare.

The kind of volatility that shatters belief and turns conviction into doubt…

Most people can’t survive that.

But I held.

Not because I have superhuman willpower.

Not because I didn’t feel the fear or doubt.

But because I didn’t need the money.

The capital I put into bitcoin was protected by my structure—my First Asset Fund (I talk about it here), my buffer, my liquidity. I wasn’t forced to sell to cover rent, taxes, or any urgent demand life might throw at me.

That insulation gave me clarity.

And clarity, in times of panic, is a superpower.

That’s what Buffett means when he says:

It only works if you can survive the in-between.

Gold Didn’t Soar—Until It Did

Let me give you another example.

In 2020, I bought 1,000 ounces of gold at $1,800.

And then… nothing happened.

For five years, gold just sat there. Dead money, they said.

No sizzle. No spike. No headlines.

It looked like a waste of time if you judged it quarter by quarter.

But I didn’t sell.

Because I wasn’t relying on it.

I didn’t need that trade to work this week or this year.

I had the structure to wait, the system to absorb the wait, and the patience, not just emotionally but financially.

And now?

Gold is over $3,300.

That wasn’t a high-IQ trade and it wasn’t divine inspiration.

It was a high-durability trade.

And durability beats IQ in wealth-building every time.

The longer your timeline, the bigger your potential gains.

But only if you can make it to the other side of the drawdown.

Most People Don’t Lose Because They’re Wrong

They lose because they can’t hold.

And they can’t hold because they built no structure to withstand the pain.

The market doesn’t just test your thesis. It tests your margin. It tests your liquidity. It tests your life.

It hits you where it hurts:

• You lose your job.

• Your roof starts leaking.

• Your spouse gets sick.

• Your kid needs tuition.

The market tanks, and your net worth drops 30% overnight.

Suddenly, your best bet becomes your emergency ATM.

You’re not an investor anymore. You’re a survivor.

You’re not building wealth. You’re plugging leaks.

You don’t get to think long-term when the short-term is on fire.

And survival thinking is where good decisions go to die.

Structure Is What Lets You Keep Your Conviction

This is why I talk so much about the First Asset Fund.

It’s not a cushion. It’s a vault.

It protects your asymmetric upside from the ordinary chaos of life. And like my grandfather used to tell me all the time, “los malos tiempos vienen sin avisar” which translates to English as: “bad times always come unannounced”.

Your First Asset Fund buys you time, breath, and the luxury of not needing to be right today. So many of my high-conviction ideas took time to develop and so I didn’t need to be right, right away. I could afford to wait.

Because here’s the hard truth:

If you can’t afford to hold your best bets through the storm, you don’t own them, you’re renting them.

And the rent comes due at the worst possible time.

The best investments in the world won’t save you if you’re forced to sell them in a panic.

Liquidity isn’t just a financial tool. It’s the emotional and psychological margin you need not to flinch.

The First Asset Fund is your insurance against irrational behavior.

It’s what allows you to say:

“I’m not touching that position because I don’t have to.”

This Weekend’s Action Step: Bulletproof Your Hold Zone

Here’s what I want you to do over the weekend:

List your top 3 long-term positions or bets. If you’re a Premium Member, you can see some of my long-term bets below. That will give you an idea of what I’m doing and, if you think it’s right for you, what you should consider doing yourself.

These are the ideas you believe in 5–10 years from now. The ones that could change your life.

Ask yourself: what would force me to sell one of these?

A surprise medical bill?

A tax payment you forgot about?

A market drop that makes you sweat?

Now build a firewall.

That’s your First Asset Fund.

That’s your liquidity buffer.

That’s the margin that keeps your conviction safe from external shocks.

You don’t need to predict the future perfectly… heck, for YEARS the naysayers around me kept referring to Bitcoin as “Shitcoin” (pardon the language). And for years, it appeared they were right. But it didn’t matter.

You just need to survive long enough to let your high-conviction ideas play out.

Holding through volatility is not about guts. It’s about design.

Final Thought

The biggest upside isn’t in picking the next big thing.

It’s in being able to hold the great thing you already found. Ideas are a dime a dozen and the only way to build wealth is to hold onto those big ideas.

You only get that ability by design, not by default.

So ask yourself:

Am I structured to hold what I believe in? Or will life eventually force me to let go?

You don’t need more willpower.

You need a system.

Build the system now.

Protect your conviction.

Buy yourself the one thing the market can’t give you:

Time.

Double D

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